Meet the new boss...

Op-Ed Columnist - That?s Where the Money Is - NYTimes.com:

I've always thought of Mr. Boehner as one of the especially sleazy figures in a capital seething with sleaze. I remember writing about that day back in the mid-'90s when this slick, chain-smoking, quintessential influence-peddler decided to play Santa Claus by handing out checks from tobacco lobbyists to fellow Congressional sleazes right on the floor of the House.

Same as the old boss, as the saying goes. Problem is, Boehner has been fooling people into believing he actually cares for well over a decade now.

John Boehner isn't bringing anything new to the table, quite literally, just the same old promises of cutting taxes, cutting "entitlements", smaller government and fiscal responsibility.  It's the same message we've been hearing for a decade.

Boehner and his cadre of "new" leadership will bring the same kind of gridlock that has engulfed DC for the last two decades.